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This diagram illustrates how water was used in mining at Charming Creek Mine. High pressure water was used to sluice away coal from the working face after blasting; it was flumed underground to a holding pool or sump, then pumped up to the bin using high pressure water.
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Source: Paul Mahoney, Charming Creek history album. Hokitika: New Zealand Forest Service, 1985
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